In 1729 a group of students at Oxford met together for Bible study and other activities. Because
they had agreed to "live by rule" they were called Methodists. In 1739 the first chapel was
built in Bristol and Methodism spread with itinerant preachers led by John Wesley singing hymns written
by his brother Charles. There followed several splits in the Methodist Church but in 1907 they were re-united
in The United Methodist Church
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